GOP slams Obama Bay Area trip as a jaunt to “billionaire’s row” (VIDEO)

Republicans are slamming President Obama’s first post-election trip to the Bay Area — a fundraising swing around the political ATM that includes San Francisco — as a jaunt to “billionaire’s row.”

The Republican response to Obama’s trip comes as the President Wednesday begins a two day trip to the Bay Area, including San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

Air Force One touches down here at around 5 p.m., and he’s scheduled to depart from SFO Thursday afternoon.

First, check out this new video from the Republican National Committee, which makes a target of the trip as the President’s hypocritical effort to cozy up to the wealthy — while he attempts to raise taxes on them:

On Wednesday night, Obama will attend two San Francisco fundraisers for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — a $5,000 a head reception at the home of billionaire environmental advocate Tom Steyer and his wife Kat Taylor, and then a $32,500 per person dinner at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty. It’s one of 14 fundraisers for House Dems that the president has committed to this year, sources say.

On Thursday, he goes to tony Atherton, where he will star at two fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee. One, with tickets at $32,400 per person is at the home of investment guru Mark Heising and Liz Simons, and another is at the home of Levi-Strauss heir John Goldman and his wife Marcia, where tickets are $1,000 and up.

The GOP is gleefully noting that his trip to San Francisco tonight will be “near” the same neighborhood in which he made his famed remark about some “bitter” voters who cling to guns or religion.”
Stay tuned for more coverage throughout the day — and our live pool reports from inside the fundraisers tonight.
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